# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百八十三条 (Article 883)

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- Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号
- English title "Companies Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第八百八十三条 (Article 883)（裁判書の送達） — address `art-883`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-883
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### 第八百八十三条（裁判書の送達） — (Service of a Written Judgment)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-883 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-883</sup>

      **第一項**  この節の規定による裁判書の送達については、民事訴訟法第一編第五章第四節（第百条第二項、第百四条、第三款、第百十一条及び第百十三条を除く。）の規定を準用する。この場合において、同法第百十二条第一項本文中「前条の規定による措置を開始した」とあるのは「裁判所書記官が送達すべき裁判書を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨の裁判所の掲示場への掲示を始めた」と、同項ただし書中「前条の規定による措置を開始した」とあるのは「当該掲示を始めた」と読み替えるものとする。
      <sup>art-883/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-883/par-1</sup>
      The provisions of Part I, Chapter V, Section 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 100, paragraph (2), Article 104, Subsection 3, Article 111 and Article 113) apply mutatis mutandis to the service of a written judgment under the provisions of this Section. In these cases, in the main clause of Article 112, paragraph (1) of that Code, the phrase "commenced the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article" is deemed to be replaced with "a court clerk commenced posting on the notice board of the court a notice to the effect that the court clerk keeps the written judgment to be served and will deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive service"; and in the proviso to that paragraph, the phrase "commenced the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article" is deemed to be replaced with "the relevant posting commenced".
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **第二項**  前項において準用する民事訴訟法第百十条第一項の規定による公示送達は、裁判所書記官が送達すべき裁判書を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨を裁判所の掲示場に掲示してする。
      <sup>art-883/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-883/par-2</sup>
      Service by publication under the provisions of Article 110, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph is effected by posting on the notice board of the court a notice to the effect that a court clerk keeps the written judgment to be served and will deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive service.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-883/par-1: 第百条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百条第二項 (Article 100, paragraph (2)), art-100/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-100/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109)
- art-883/par-1: 第百四条 → 民事訴訟法 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109)
- art-883/par-1: 第百十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第百十一条 (Article 111), art-111 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-111 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109)
- art-883/par-1: 第百十三条 → 民事訴訟法 第百十三条 (Article 113), art-113 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-113 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109)
- art-883/par-1: 同法第百十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十二条第一項 (Article 112, paragraph (1)), art-112/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109)
- art-883/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八百八十三条第一項 (Article 883, paragraph (1)), art-883/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-883/par-1
- art-883/par-2: 民事訴訟法第百十条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十条第一項 (Article 110, paragraph (1)), art-110/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109)

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第八百八十三条第二項（裁判書の送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-883/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4482/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch companies-act-20260917T143643-001, translated 2026-09-17
- This site's parser, version 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17
